Around Noon: June 2007

Theater Call-in Program
Originally aired Friday, June 1
Today our mid-year call-in show takes on the local theater season as we get ready for the summer stock season with the Plain Dealer's Tony Brown, Christine Howey of Scene Magazine, and the Free Times' Keith Joseph.

Der Rosenkavalier, Marcus Santos
Originally aired Monday, June 4
Today Dee continues her preview of the Cleveland Orchestra's upcoming opera production of Der Rosenkavalier, with opera expert Perry Lorenzo. Then she's off to the Key Bank studio for a live performance by Brazilian percussion master Marcus Santos, who leads the Symphony for 1,000 Drums at this summer's Ingenuity Fest.

Keith Mayerson, DJ Bill Hawkins, Eric Coble
Originally aired Tuesday, June 5
Dee frames a discussion with painter Keith Mayerson whose latest work is on view at the Shaheen Gallery. ideastream's Jim Goldurs looks into the life of Cleveland DJ Bill Hawkins who's the subject of a new Dobama Theater production. And Dee welcomes playwright Eric Coble who's work shopping his latest play for Playhouse Square.

Summer Book Call-in Show
Originally aired Wednesday, June 6
Dee hosts her annual Summer Book Call-in Show with the Plain Dealer's Karen Long, Suzanne DeGaetano of Macs Backs Paperbacks and Cuyahoga County Public Library executive director, Sari Feldman.

Ingenuity Fest, Farshid Moussavi
Originally aired Thursday, June 7
Around Noon today, Dee previews the upcoming Ingenuity Fest with director James Levin, learns about the latest on the Cuyahoga County arts tax with members of Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, and introduces us to Farshid Moussavi of Foreign Office Architects who was chosen to design the new MOCA Cleveland.

CMA’s Timothy Rub, Brian Auger
Originally aired Friday, June 8
Today Cleveland Museum of Art director, Timothy Rub joins Dee to preview Parade the Circle and share the latest on the museum's expansion project. Plus Dee gets aboard the Oblivion Express with Brian Auger, prior to his performance at Night Town.

Playing with the Enemy, Congo Square, Cleveland Music School Settlement
Originally aired Monday, June 11
Dee celebrates Father's Day with the author of "Playing with the Enemy," about his father's life in baseball. Ideastream's music director, Bobby Jackson takes us to Congo Square with Wynton Marsalis. Plus we meet the new director of the Cleveland Music School Settlement - Charlie Lawrence.

Ben Harper, Spaces’ Susan Channing, Two-Headed
Originally aired Tuesday, June 12
Today Dee welcomes blues-based rocker Ben Harper prior to his sold-out show at the House of Blues. We also say goodbye to outgoing director of Spaces gallery - Susan Channing. Dee then welcomes the star and playwright behind Cleveland Public Theater's acclaimed production Two-Headed.

Laura Taxel, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Forro For All
Originally aired Wednesday, June 13
Dee sits down to a summer Feast with regular irregular Laura Taxel; gets into trouble with those Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; and she moves to a Brazilian beat with Forro For All, prior to their performance at Night Town.

Kurt Elling, Christopher O’Riley
Originally aired Thursday, June 14
Around Noon today Dee welcomes acclaimed jazz vocalist Kurt Elling as he gets ready for his gig at Night Town. Plus classical pianist Christopher O'Riley talks about his latest crossover project featuring the music of Nick Drake, prior to his performance at the Beachland Ballroom.

Ron Powers, Patrick Sweany
Originally aired Friday, June 15
Today Pulitzer Prize winning writer Ron Powers tells Dee about his latest tome - "Last Flag Down." And local blues boy Patrick Sweany showcases his latest CD "Every Hour is a Dollar Gone" as he gets ready for his CD release party at the Beachland Ballroom.

Fentress Bradburn, Doors Exhibit at Rock Hall, Akron Symphony
Originally aired Monday, June 18
Today Dee makes a grand entrance with Fentress Bradburn the architecture firm selected to redesign the Cleveland Museum of Natural History; opens the Doors on the new exhibit at the Rock Hall; and previews the summer pops series from the Akron Symphony.

Bottle Rockets, Carrie Rodriguez
Originally aired Tuesday, June 19
The allure of alt-country today as Dee shoots off the Bottle Rockets coming to the Beachland Ballroom, and shares a performance by Carrie Rodriguez as she gets ready for her gig at the Kent Stage.

Pink Martini, Gordon Square Arts District, Lelia Pissarro
Originally aired Wednesday, June 20
Dee whips up a Pink Martini prior to the group taking the stage at the House of Blues, and we get the latest news from the Gordon Square Arts District. Plus, Dee talks with painting legacy Lelia Pissarro about the exhibit featuring her famous family's paintings on view at the Contessa Gallery.

Malgorzata Markiewicz, Afro-Semitic Experience
Originally aired Thursday, June 21
Around Noon today we enter the Spaces gallery exhibit featuring the work of world artist Malgorzata Markiewicz, and share the cross-cultural jazz of the Afro-Semitic Experience coming to Hiram College.

Mormon Tabernacle Choir, La Traviata, Wayne Hancock
Originally aired Friday, June 22
Today Dee meets the leader of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir prior to their performance at Blossom; talks with two of the principals staging La Traviata for Opera Cleveland; and welcomes the King of Juke Joint Swing - Wayne Hancock - before his band takes the stage of the Beachland Ballroom.

Joe Mackall, Musical of Musicals (a Musical)
Originally aired Monday, June 25
An Outsider Among the Amish today Around Noon as Dee talks with local writer Joe Mackall about his new book - Plain Secrets. And, the Musical of Musicals (a Musical) is breaking box office records at Actors Summit.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Originally aired Tuesday, June 26
Dee discovers how Ohio Shakespeare Festival is turning Stan Hywet Hall in Akron into The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

Ancestral Voices, American Icons of Photography, Migiwa Orimo
Originally aired Wednesday, June 27
Dee hears the Ancestral Voices dancing their way through Cleveland Public Theater's Gordon Square Theater; unveils the American icons of photography on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art; and reaches new heights with Heights Arts artist-in-residence, Migiwa Orimo.

Cleveland Arts Prize
Originally aired Thursday, June 28
Around Noon today is dedicated to tonight's Cleveland Arts Prize ceremony at the Cleveland Play House, as Dee talks with some of this year's winners: Norman Krumholz, Lewis Nielson, Toby Devan Lewis and Cindy Barber.

Cleveland Wine Fest, Ian McLagan, Judah Friedlander
Originally aired Friday, June 29
Today we sample the sustainable tastes of the Cleveland Wine Fest; preview the performance of Brit-rocker Ian McLagan at the Beachland Ballroom and head out to the new Pickwick and Frolic patio with comic Judah Friedlander.